Buncombe County Fire Marshal has issued an open burn ban effective immediately due to extreme fire danger conditions, including low humidity and strong winds. The ban applies to all open burning of ...

An open burn ban in Buncombe County has been extended due to extreme fire danger conditions forecast for the next several ...

The boat fire, which occurred in Hampstead, was caused by a lightning strike and resulted in a total loss of the vessel. (The ...

Senator Amy Galey from Alamance County introduced this bill. She wants to get in place by next year to mark the ...

Dozens of wildfires in North and South Carolina prompted the evacuation ... according to the state fire marshal's office. Response operations were ongoing in various areas, including Horry ...

Firefighters were battling 175 wildfires that erupted across South and North Carolina overnight ... the South Carolina State Fire Marshal said Sunday. One of the biggest wildfires raging Sunday ...

A wildfire in Polk County, North Carolina, has grown to 593 acres but ... bringing the fire into 63% containment, the Polk County Fire Marshal's Office announced at 5:30 p.m. March 3.

according to the Polk County Emergency Management/Fire Marshal’s office. The North Carolina Forest Service was conducting water drops and back-burning operations on the ground, and area ...

Wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina have burned ... according to the state fire marshal's office, and more than 4,200 acres of land were damaged on Sunday. In the Upstate, more ...

FIRES YESTERDAY IN POLK COUNTY. A WILDFIRE HAS GROWN TO BETWEEN 400 TO 500 ACRES, AND FORCED MANY RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE. JERRY MCDARIS GIVES US A LOOK AT THE SCENE AS CREWS TRY TO TAME THOSE FLAMES.

Meanwhile, in western North Carolina, crews were trying to contain ... according to the State Fire Marshal. Crews made progress in the containment of a blaze in the Carolina Forest area west ...